Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 25, 2011
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In November 1911, Italian pilot Giulio Gavotti became the world's first bomber pilot when he dropped handheld bombs from his reconnaissance plane over Ottoman troops in Libya! The Manchineel tree is so toxic that standing underneath it during a rainstorm can cause skin and eye irritation! On March 13, 2011, police in Ashland, Ohio, USA, arrested an Amish man after he crashed into a car while racing against his cousin in a horse-drawn buggy!
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@jogger2:Actually, Nov. 1911 was well before WWI (began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918). Guess they were just getting warmed up for serious warfare.